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As of how recent?

As far as I know all government machines are running FDCC(Federal Desktop Core Configuration) and the machines I've seen run IE7 with many IT departments recommending Firefox.

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The FDCC only applies to XP and Vista. Additionally, there's no forced method to specifically upgrade those platforms to IE7 or above.

Fair - the town hall question referred to IE in general; it may very well be IE7 that they have at Foggy Bottom.

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